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Bestselling author Donna Tartt returns with a grandly ambitious and utterly riveting novel of childhood, innocence and evil.
The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother's Day a little boy named Robin Cleve Dufresnes was found hanging from a tree in his parents' yard. Twelve years later Robin's murder is still unsolved and his family remains devastated. So it is that Robin's sister Harrietunnervingly bright, insufferably determined, and unduly influenced by the fiction of Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson--sets out to unmask his killer. Aided only by her worshipful friend Hely, Harriet crosses her town's rigid lines of race and caste and burrows deep into her family's history of loss. Filled with hairpin turns of plot and a bustling, ridiculous humanity worthy of Dickens (The New York Times Book Review), The Little Friend is a work of myriad enchantments by a writer of prodigious talent.
The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother's Day a little boy named Robin Cleve Dufresnes was found hanging from a tree in his parents' yard. Twelve years later Robin's murder is still unsolved and his family remains devastated. So it is that Robin's sister Harrietunnervingly bright, insufferably determined, and unduly influenced by the fiction of Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson--sets out to unmask his killer. Aided only by her worshipful friend Hely, Harriet crosses her town's rigid lines of race and caste and burrows deep into her family's history of loss. Filled with hairpin turns of plot and a bustling, ridiculous humanity worthy of Dickens (The New York Times Book Review), The Little Friend is a work of myriad enchantments by a writer of prodigious talent.
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Leigh P. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
Although Tartt has a gift for writing and a gift for creating likeable and intelligent characters (Harriet, Ida Rhew, etc.), the plot didn't grab me until about 400 pages in. The climax occurred, but there was no resolution of which to speak. This novel was a disappointment in many ways.
Carolyn J. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good book but bad ending....I liked this book until the end as it did not resolve the whole basis of the story....too bad as it is a long book.
Jenny J. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Could not get into this book, it seemed to drag on forever. Other people in my office book club loved it, though.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have to be honest, I could not finish this book. The characters were interesting, but nothing happened in the plot! After about 250 pages, I gave up. You might enjoy her first book, "A Secret History" more.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
In parts of this book, I realized I was actually holding my breath, it was so suspenseful. It's an intriguing, at times dark, story line that keeps you wanting more. As intricate a story as her first novel, The Secret History, and again with unique three-dimensional characters. I highly recommend this book; it will suck you in and take you into a fascinating world for 300 pages.
Jody W. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I thought this was a great book. It wasn't quite up to the caliber of The Secret History, her previous book but i would give it 4 stars. I was absorbed as soon as I opened the book. A mystery that will keep you on edge and envelope you in its strange pull.
Christina B. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I did not like this book. It left me with the feeling that nothing put forth in the plot was resolved - the book merely ended on a sour note. I felt cheated! Her other book (Secret History) was much, much better.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not as phenomenal as Tartt's "The Secret History" but still a great book. Very intriguing, very beautiful, and very, very well written.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A strange tale that starts out like a murder mystery, but ends up in self discovery. It has a hillbilly, backward feeling set in today's world of methlabs almost next door to middle-class neighborhoods.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
12 yr old Harriet's brother was killed years ago and now she's going to find his killer. Characters in this story are incredibly well written. The plot line will grab you - the book's terrific!
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(Not as good as Sec ret History but still a page-turner. off-beat story.
Normally, I don't like bizarre books but I could not put this down.
I really liked this book a lot. Nice to see a young girl as the main character. Also I love books about the south, and this is set in Mississippi. Donna Tartt is a great writer.
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